Shawn Green was driving back to Orange County from Stanford University, where he had dropped his youngest daughter off for her freshman year of college, when the text messages began pouring in.
The Florida Panthers had just won the Stanley Cup, with Sam Reinhart scoring the game-winning goal in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Edmonton Oilers, and the crunch time was underway for Panthers president of ...Read more
A little more than a decade ago, Drew Brees set the NFL record for most consecutive 300-yard passing games with nine. It was smack dab in the middle of the league’s most prolific passing era, and the Steelers were among ...Read more
HOUSTON — Jose Suarez showed more promising signs in his return to the starting rotation, but the Angels were once again plagued by a lack of run support in Thursday’s 3-1 loss to the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park...Read more
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Football fans across the country watching the Patriots in a national primetime spot Thursday night shut off their TVs – probably early – wondering how in the world this team actually had a ...Read more
Justin Jefferson declared himself good to go on Sunday against a 2-0 Texans team that’s probably going to shadow him with an old college teammate from LSU’s 2019 national championship team.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Rays bosses had hopes but weren’t sure what to expect from converted reliever Zack Littell as he went into a season as a full-time starter for the first time in the big leagues.
ST. LOUIS — Well out of the playoff hunt, each member of Derek Shelton’s roster has to find their own personal motivation to finish the season strong. For Nick Gonzales, that means capping off what has been an overall ...Read more
Bryce Young stood in front of a large photo of Panthers legend Greg Olsen in the Carolina locker room Thursday and took accountability for his shortcomings during his still very young NFL career.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Tight end George Kittle and cornerback Charvarius Ward were surprise no-shows at Thursday’s practice, sidelined by leg injuries that suddenly put their availability in question for the 49ers’ ...Read more
MIAMI — From the moment his walk-off grand slam cleared the right-field wall at Dodger Stadium last month, giving Shohei Ohtani his 40th home run of the season on the same night he recorded his 40th stolen base, all the...Read more
Los Angeles Times NFL writer Sam Farmer examines the matchups this week. Lines according to FanDuel Sportsbook (O/U = over/under). Record last week 8-8 (.500); season 19-13 (.594). Using point spreads with the scores ...Read more
BALTIMORE — For a moment, all was forgotten. It didn’t matter that the Orioles had recently lost nine of their past 12 games as the postseason approached, or that their closer had blown a save or that their center ...Read more
CLEVELAND – The Twins packed up and headed to the airport in a hurry on Thursday. They didn’t need to watch the Guardians celebrate something that is rapidly slipping away from the Twins: A playoff berth.
A spate of not reasonably foreseeable upsets made it a bloodbath of a Week 2, and it tangled me in a rare losing week outright at 7-9. The much better news? I navigated for a solid 9-7 against the spread, where the $$$ is ...Read more
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Two weeks into the season, former Kentucky quarterback Will Levis is among the early NFL storylines. Just not for the reasons he might have hoped.
Perhaps you’ve seen the Tennessee Titans’ second-...Read more